Bsa, any words of wisdom on bedding technique for these?
I don't know about "words of wisdom", but I think I've heard formid even talk about the benefits of a good glass bedding job and freefloat on these Tikka's. He shoots far more than I do. My best suggestion is to glass bed everything tight, so there is no noticable movement of the barreled action in the stock. I check this by removing the action screws and see if the action rocks in the stock. Mine all moved side to side and the ones that show wear on the recoil lug even moved endo (forward to aft a slight bit). If yours is moving, chances are, it's affecting accuracy. The second CTR I bought had plenty of play when I checked it and this is how it shot before glass bedding:
The first 3 shots would cluster in nice and tight, but after that, it would start to open up. As you can see from the pic above^^^^
After glass bedding that CTR, groups shrank considerably:
. I call this one CTR #2 because it's the 2nd CTR I have bought. When I found it, the price was right, so I snagged it. It's a great shooting rifle now, after glass bedding. Here's one of the moa all day long targets I shot with this rifle:
Again, this was shot after glass bedding. This is what the glass bedding looks like when I'm done:
This one is not pretty, but it sure does shoot better now. My superlite was bedded and freeloated and shoots like this on a regular basis:
My sako A7 6.5 cm was the same way as my Tikka's, kind of sloppy barreled action to stock fit and shot like crap when I got it. Now it is one of my most consistent shooters: